Marie Benoît

Marie Benoît (; born 16 March 1995) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. On 24 July 2023, she achieved her best singles ranking of world No. 188. On 18 October 2021, she peaked at No. 208 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Benoît won 15 singles and 14 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Playing for the Belgium Fed Cup team, Benoît has a win–loss record of 1–3.

Career

2019: WTA Tour debut Benoît's singles debut on the WTA Tour came at the 2019 Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she was defeated in the first round by Ukrainian player Marta Kostyuk. In doubles, she made her debut at the 2019 Bucharest Open, when she lost with her partner Ysaline Bonaventure in the first round.

2020-2022: First WTA 125 doubles final In 2020, she reached the final of a WTA 125 Challenger event, partnering with Jessika Ponchet. The following year was marked by participating in all four Grand Slam qualifying tournaments, twice reaching the second round. In 2021, she reached semifinals in a $25k tournament in Grenoble, France, losing to Viktorija Golubic. In a tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy, she lost the final against Arantxa Rus. In August 2022, she won a $25k event in Koksijde, Belgium, one week after reaching the final in the $25k tournament organised in her hometown of Eupen.

2023-2024: First WTA 125 singles quarterfinal Benoît qualified for main draw at the 2023 Țiriac Foundation Trophy in Bucharest and defeated Chloé Paquet in three sets to reach the second round, where she lost to fifth seed Anna Bondár. She also made it through qualification for the 2024 Hamburg Open, but lost in the first round to top seed Mayar Sherif.

At the 2024 Țiriac Foundation Trophy, Benoît reached her first WTA 125 singles quarterfinal defeating Leonie Küng and Valentina Ryser, before losing to Ekaterine Gorgodze.

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (runner-up) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss Newport Beach Challenger, United States Hard Jessika Ponchet Hayley Carter Luisa Stefani 1–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 27 (15 titles, 12 runner-ups) LegendW60 tournaments (1–0)W25/35 tournaments (9–7)W10/15 tournaments (5–5)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (12–11)

Doubles: 29 (14 titles, 15 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (1–0)W50 tournaments (1–0)W25/35 tournaments (10–7)W10/15 tournaments (2–8)Finals by surfaceHard (2–2)Clay (11–12)Carpet (1–1)